Why It Matters Child marriage remains legal in most states, many of which allow children as young as 15 or 16 years old to get married. A handful of states have no age requirements at all for ...

Until 2020, Maine had no statutory minimum age for marriage. Previously, the state allowed 16- and 17-year-olds to marry with parental consent; children under 16 required both parental consent and ...

The bill, sponsored by Rep. Kevin Mannix (OR-21), State Sen. David Brock Smith, (OR-1), and Sen. Janeen Sollman (OR-15) seeks to address concerns about the impact of child marriage on minors.

Maine is now the only northeastern state that still allows minors to get married, as it allows 17-year-olds to wed. It raised its minimum marriage age from 16 to 17 in 2023.